Rerailer for cars



C. N. POND EERAILER FOR CA Feb. 17. 1925.

Filed Aug. 4. 1924 INVENTOR Q. .Qmfl m mi.

A TTOR NE YS I CAS Patented Feb. 17, 1925.

conenon 1v. rosin DEGALENA, rumors.

ananas FQB ans.

Application filed August 4, 1924. Serial No. 730,09

T 0 allwhem it may concern Be it known that I, ConoDoN N. POND, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of Galena, in the county ofJ o Daviess and State of Illinois, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Rerailers for Cars, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in rerailers, and it consists inthe combinations, constructions, and arrangements herein described andclaimed.

An object of my invention is to provide a rerailer for cars which isportable and which may be attached to a track at any place thereon so asto adapt the device to be used atthe place where the car was derailed.

A further object of my invention is to provide a rerailer for cars whichmay be used on either of the two tracks in the railway and which isprovided with novel means for securing the device to the ties of therailway so as to provide a secure foundation for the device.

A further object of my invention is to provide a rerailer which isextremely simple in construction and which is cast in a single piece ofmetal, whereby the device is inexpensive to manufacture.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification,and the novel features of the invention will be particularly pointed outin the appended claim.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming a partof this application in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the devlce Figure 2 is a side elevation ofthe device, and

Figure 3 is a diagrammatic view showing the device applied to a track.

In carrying out my invention I provide a rerailer which is cast in asingle piece and which is provided with a groove 1- that is adapted toreceive the flange of the car wheel. The body 2 of the device isinclined so as to cause the groove to extend to the top of the rail. Theportion of the groove extending from the point a to the point I) isinclined and is supported by the body portion 2 of the device. Theportion of the groove extending from the point I) to the point 0 isdisposed directly above the top of the ra11 I and is therefore supportedby the rail. It should be noted that the groove 1 dips downwardlyslightly at 5 so as tobi-ing the wheel of a car directly upon the top ofa rail 4:.

The device is secured to the track by means of lugs 6 which straddle therail 4 and spikes 7 which are adapted to bite into the ties 3 of thetrack. In the present form of? the device I have shown the projections 6and the spikes 7 as being cast integral with the body portion 2 of thedevice.

1 From the foregoing description of the various parts of the device theoperation thereof may be readily understood. Assume that a truck hasbeen derailed so as to dispose the wheels 8 off of the rails 4c whilethe wheels 9 of a forward truck still remain upon the rails 4.. In thiscase, two of the devices are used and are disposed upon the rails at inthe manner shown in Figure 3. The ends a of the devices are disposedadjacent to the wheels 8 so as to cause the flanges 10 of the wheels tobe received in the grooves 1 when the car is moved in the direction ofthe arrow shown in Figure 3. It is obvious that as soon as the weight ofthe wheels 8 comes upon the body portion 2, they will drive the spikes 7firmly into the ties 3 so as to hold the devices in place when thewheels are being moved upwardly in the groove 1. Figure 2 shows that theflange 10 of one of the wheels 8 is received in the groove 1. The car iscontinued in its movement in the direction of the arrow shown in Figure3 so as to cause the wheels 8 to be carried upwardly by the rollers andto then be placed upon the rails 4;. In Figure 1 it will be noted thatthe flange 10 of one of the wheels 8 is guided upon the rail 4i so as tocause the flange to drop down on the inner side 11 of the rail 4 afterit has passed from the groove 1. In the same manner the flanges 10 ofthe wheels opposite to the wheel 8 shown in Figure 1 will be carriedupwardly and disposed on the track 4: whereby the car is again ready foruse. After the wheels have been carried back upon the tracks 4 thedevice may be removed from the ties 3 and be carried in the locomotiveor any other place best adapted for them so that they will be ready forinstant use in case it is again necessary. As stated above, the deviceis extremely simple in construction and may be manufactured at a slightexpense, due to the fact that the entire de vice is cast in a singlepiece. Another advantage of the device over those of similar kinds liesin the fact that this device may j'acent to the top of the rail when thedevice is applied to a railroad track, said body portion havingdownwardly extending lugs which are adapted to straddle the rail, and a.plurality of spikes integral with said body and projecting from theunder surface thereof, said spikes being adapted to embed themselves inthe ties so as to secure the device to the track.

CORODON N. POND.

